OPINION
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Feedback for Aug. 22, 2019
Suggestions from readers for revamping the Triangle include more transit options, walking and biking amenities and gardens. Also, enough about that graduation scandal. Read more
David Michael Miller
That fake news rot
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos decided he would buck public opinion and not make accommodations for a lawmaker with disabilities. Now that Vos has caved, he is blaming the news media for his bad press. Read more
Aug 22, 2019
Off the Square: How about a bright sun?
Sun Prairie has a new high school and wants help naming a mascot. Read more
Aug 22, 2019
Boomers: stay healthy and productive
American society is growing older, less healthy and less financially secure. So, what’s a boomer to do? Read more
Aug 20, 2019
Making shit up
As two recent decisions demonstrate, the conservatives on the state’s highest court are not applying the law as it is written, but as they wish it to be. Read more
Aug 15, 2019
Feedback for Aug. 15, 2019
Opponents of the Edgewood stadium do not appear to be budging; same for its supporters. Read more
Aug 15, 2019
Off the Square: Haters gonna hate, right?
Despite recent mass shootings and gun violence, Sen. Johnson doesn’t see the point of background checks. Read more
Aug 15, 2019
4:59 AM
The balm of Trent Grisham
The story of the rookie outfielder for the Milwaukee Brewers is about promise turned sour and then redeemed and about experts being proven wrong. And more. Read more
Aug 13, 2019
5:00 AM
David Michael Miller
John Nygren’s secret emails
Is the GOP budget truly reflective of the input received, as Rep. John Nygren has claimed? He and his staff managed to make it prohibitively expensive to confirm. Read more
Aug 8, 2019
5:00 AM
Feedback for Aug. 8, 2019
Mount Horeb does a city museum right! Also, how anti-vaxxers lose sight of the common good. Read more
Aug 8, 2019
5:00 AM
Off the Square: Cruel to be cruel
The Assembly representative, who uses a wheelchair, has asked to join some committee meetings by phone or web cam. Vos has refused. Read more
Aug 8, 2019
5:00 AM
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Millennial magnet
Many come for the university of well-paid jobs in the health or tech sectors. Whatever their motivation, young adults are moving to Madison by the tens of thousands. Read more
Edgewood offered to “coordinate messaging” on lawsuit with mayor
In the days before Edgewood High School filed suit against the city of Madison for religious discrimination, one of the school’s lawyers offered to coordinate with the city how the lawsuit would be explained to the public. Read more
The Taco Bell Cantina effect
Former Mayor Paul Soglin said alcohol licenses are a privilege, not a right. However, Taco Bell Cantina proved you can fight city hall. Read more
The beer is back
Ooga Brewing, Beaver Dam’s first brewery since 1953, has been open for a couple of months. We check out the house taps. Read more
Peace, beer and music
The second annual Paulpalooza fundraiser memorializes Paul Natzke. The Hop Garden will feature a special red lager for the occasion. Read more
